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Crude 1788 Mass Cent Replica On Ebay (Not Described As Such)

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HondoB
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Let's save a picture of the coin edge, as this is an important clue.
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Let's save a picture of the coin edge, as this is an important clue.
My coffee hasn't kicked in yet. Does that say COPY?
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Keith, it looks very much like that.
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wow, what an ugly 'coin'.
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Does it say COPY on the edge? To me, it looks like pitting and cracking from a poor casting.
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Oh my.
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To me, it looks like pitting and cracking from a poor casting.

Hard to say whether it's COPY or casting flaws. It certainly looks like pot metal instead of copper.
Found this one online:
https://coinreplicas.com/product/ma...s-cent-1788/
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This replica from my collection looks similar.
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Fake Massachusetts cents are a plague on ebay, you can find at least one every time you look.
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Both my copy and the ebay coin have a grey metal core covered with a thin brown layer. You can see the grey metal core showing through at the high points on the ebay coin.
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Is the thin brown layer just an artificial chemical patina?
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Yes, it is some sort of brown wash to imitate a copper coin.
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Will be gone soon.
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Been removed by ebay.
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